This weekend I ground the mats for modified guardian shard cannons and found out I like them a lot better than the guardian gaus cannons. I really hate the delay between pulling the trigger and the gaus cannons firing (I never liked rail guns either). Also it looks to me the shard cannons do more damage.I finally tested the MODIFIED GUARDIAN PLASMA CHARGER available at Prospect's Deep in Mbooni. It's much better for me than the gauss cannons. I can aim more easely and wait to trigger the fire.